And American media reported that the young Lebanese was stabbed while riding his bike in Sycamore Park. In the city, knowing that he is a student at the University of California at Davis.
The victim’s story
Sources revealed to ‘Sky News Arabia’ more information about Karim Abu Najm, explaining that his family immigrated in 2018 from Lebanon to the United States when things started to go wrong in their country.
One of the town’s Lebanese residents, Jean, told Sky News Arabia: “Karim was about to graduate from university and he was excelling in his studies.”
Jan pointed out that the victim, “a few hours before his death, received an award for a research he had prepared concerning a software project that helps people with hearing problems”.
For his part, the victim’s father, Majdi Abu Najm, told local media that his son “was a mass of energy and positivity, and was very ambitious”, stressing that he was “proud of what his son had accomplished, who wanted to make this world a better place.”
He explained that his son was “biking home from the Oscars in Davis”, noting that “the path he took on his last trip home is the same one he takes every day.”
“I walk to my office at UCLA, while he bikes to his classes at the same university,” he said.
The father appealed to the police to arrest the author of the crime, while the mayor of the city, Will Arnold, was informed of the progress of the investigations.
With drones… looking for the killer
US authorities have searched for the suspect in Abu Najm’s knife crime using drones, but have so far been unable to locate him.
Police described the attacker as a young man between the ages of 19 and 23, with long, curly hair.
The suspect was last seen wearing a white cap and light colored shirt, and was believed to be riding a bicycle.
This stabbing, the second of its kind in the same area in 4 days, where David Breaux, 50, was killed in a similar incident.
The Davis Police Department said in a statement, “Despite common factors between these two brutal crimes, authorities were unable to find a connection between the two victims.”
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